1920s-Inspired Prom Dress

I completed this lovely 1920s-style dress for a client In September 2025! Though not exactly my typical conservation project, I enjoyed putting some of the same skills to use! 🪡🧵

DAR Museum: "Undressing Jane Austen's World"

I curated this exhibit on Regency Fashion in Jane Austen's own words, on view at the DAR Museum in 2025.

DAR Museum: "Sewn In America" Inside Out/What Goes Up Reels

Behind the scenes and inside the seams with dresses featured in the DAR Museum’s 2024 exhibit, “Sewn In America”. Reels featured on the museum’s Instagram in May 2025.

DAR Museum: Cornwell Pattern Drafting System

Working with DAR Museum Curator of Fashion and Textiles, Alden O'Brien, to test out the drafting of a custom-sized 1870s bodice pattern using the Cornwell's Improved Chart for Cutting Ladies, Misses, and Children's Dresses, Cloaks, Basques, and Postillions,

DAR Museum: MacDowell Pattern Drafting Machine

Working with DAR Museum Curator of Fashion and Textiles, Alden O'Brien, to test out the drafting of a custom-sized 1880s bodice pattern using the MacDowell Pattern Drafting Machine.

Museum at FIT: "Untying the Bow"

I was the Exhibition Designer for the 2024 MA FTS Graduate Exhibition "Untying the Bow", on display at the Museum at FIT in March 2024.

Conservation Techniques

Securing loose beading back into original placement on 1920s beaded crepe dress: Before/During/After (Full Treatment in Progress, April/May 2024)

Painted Infill: Before/During/After (April 2024)

Custom Dyeing Support Materials: During/After (April 2024)

Mixing and Casting Agarose Gels: During (February 2024)

Wet Cleaning on Suction Table: Before/During/After (April 2023)

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